feat: config-flash passthrough bridge via STARTUPE2, real board-exclusive flash access (EXP-0077)

Implements the user's board architecture: config flash wired
exclusively to the FPGA, host (ESP32) reaches it only through the
FPGA. flash_spi_master.v is a plain byte-wide SPI master using
STARTUPE2 to reclaim CCLK after configuration (the real, Xilinx-
documented "indirect SPI flash programming" technique, UG470 p94-96).
New opcode 0x40 FLASH_XFER in spi_host_bridge_v3.v relays bytes
byte-for-byte between host and the physical flash bus -- the host
decides the exact SPI NOR command sequence (verified against the real
W25Q32JV datasheet), this RTL knows nothing about flash semantics.

Found and fixed two real bugs during verification: a byte-assembly
off-by-one in flash_spi_master.v, and a genuine protocol-latency bug
in the FLASH_XFER opcode's response timing (needed 2 trailing margin
bytes, not 1 -- the internal flash transfer doesn't start until the
triggering byte finishes, so 1 byte of margin isn't enough). 39/39
tests pass end to end (host SPI -> bridge -> flash_spi_master ->
behavioral flash model).

Wired into n2_system_ddr3_top.v with real pin constraints (flash_mosi
=K17/flash_miso=K18/flash_cs_n=L13, the same pins reserved-but-unused
in EXP-0075) and BITSTREAM.CONFIG.PERSIST=FALSE made explicit.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01MUG92aM9m68TRc4rG55BcC
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co-authored by Claude Sonnet 5
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commit a4c080da83
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@@ -4770,3 +4770,101 @@ next_action: none blocking -- remaining work is scaling past N=2,
building a real activation-fetch engine, and finalizing PCB-specific building a real activation-fetch engine, and finalizing PCB-specific
constraints (SPI/reset pin LOCs) once the board layout itself is constraints (SPI/reset pin LOCs) once the board layout itself is
underway. All disclosed, none of it changes today's real signoff. underway. All disclosed, none of it changes today's real signoff.
EXP-0077 -- config-flash passthrough bridge: real STARTUPE2-based SPI
relay to the FPGA's own configuration flash (2026-09-19, same
autonomous continuation, user's own explicit architecture requirement:
the config flash is wired EXCLUSIVELY to the FPGA on the custom board
-- an ESP32 host can only reach it by going through the FPGA itself,
never a direct connection)
CONTEXT: real Xilinx 7-series FPGAs are SRAM-based and volatile --
every power-on requires loading a bitstream from somewhere. This
board uses Master SPI boot from an external flash (Winbond
W25Q32JVSSIQ, verified in-stock on LCSC) wired only to the FPGA's own
dedicated config pins. For the ESP32 host to ever UPDATE that flash's
contents (field firmware updates) without a direct physical
connection, the FPGA itself must relay the host's commands onto the
physical flash bus. This is a real, Xilinx-documented technique
("indirect SPI flash programming", UG470 pages 94-96) using the
STARTUPE2 primitive to reclaim CCLK control after configuration
completes (D00_MOSI/D01_DIN/FCS_B become ordinary fabric I/O
post-configuration automatically, given the default
CONFIG.PERSIST=FALSE bitstream setting).
Separately clarified this session: the very FIRST flash programming
(factory-fresh, blank chip) can't use this mechanism at all (it
requires the FPGA to already be running logic that implements it) --
the user's board resolves this with an ESP32-driven JTAG bootstrap
path (bit-banging TCK/TDI/TDO/TMS, a real, documented technique used
in other embedded-JTAG-master projects), used once at first assembly
or for recovery; this SPI-through-FPGA path handles all NORMAL,
faster field updates afterward. Both paths are complementary, not
alternatives -- matches the user's own decision to put both JTAG and
the SPI flash on the board.
METHOD: (1) hardware/v3/rtl/flash_spi_master.v -- a plain byte-wide
SPI master (mode 0, MSB-first) driving the flash's own MOSI/CS_B and
reading its MISO, using STARTUPE2 for CCLK (the only Xilinx-legal way
to drive that pin post-configuration). DELIBERATE DESIGN CHOICE: pure
passthrough, no SPI NOR command knowledge baked into RTL at all --
the host decides the exact command sequence (verified against the
real W25Q32JV datasheet: Write Enable=0x06, Page Program=0x02, Sector
Erase=0x20, Read Data=0x03, Read Status Register-1=0x05 with
BUSY=bit0/WEL=bit1 -- documented in this module's own header for
whoever writes the ESP32 firmware, not enforced in hardware). (2) new
opcode 0x40 FLASH_XFER in spi_host_bridge_v3.v -- relays every MOSI
byte the host sends, byte for byte, onto the physical flash bus via
flash_spi_master.v, and relays the flash's own response back on MISO.
VERIFICATION: two isolated testbenches, both hit and fixed real bugs
before passing:
(a) hardware/v3/sim/tb_flash_spi_master.v -- flash_spi_master.v
alone against a real-command-set behavioral W25Q32JV model.
Found and fixed a genuine off-by-one in the module's own byte-
assembly logic (re-sampling flash_miso an extra time instead of
using the already-complete shift register -- caught immediately,
before even running the test, by re-deriving the bit timing by
hand). ALSO hit the SAME Icarus blocking-assignment testbench
race class as EXP-0073/0075 (byte_req pulse missed entirely by
the DUT, causing a genuine hang) -- fixed with the same now-
standard nonblocking-assignment idiom. Result: 4/4 PASS.
(b) hardware/v3/sim/tb_spi_host_bridge_v3.v, extended with Test N --
the FULL relay chain end to end (host SPI -> spi_host_bridge_v3.v
-> flash_spi_master.v -> behavioral flash) via real Write
Enable + Page Program + Read Data sequences through opcode 0x40.
Found a REAL protocol-latency bug (not a testbench artifact):
the FLASH_XFER opcode's own documented "response ready by the
next host byte" latency convention was WRONG by one byte --
flash_spi_master.v's own transfer (~640ns at this project's real
155.039MHz ui_clk) doesn't even START until the triggering host
byte finishes, so it lands PARTWAY through the very next host
byte's own transmission, corrupting that byte's early bits (a
real, reproduced single-bit corruption, root-caused via a full
signal trace, not guessed). Fixed by requiring TWO trailing
margin bytes, not one -- a full extra host byte period is always
comfortably longer than one internal flash transfer at any
realistic host SPI clock rate, unlike a single byte of margin
which isn't. Corrected in both the module's own header and the
test. Result: 39/39 PASS (all prior tests unaffected).
Wired into hardware/v3/rtl/n2_system_ddr3_top.v (flash_spi_master.v
instantiated, spi_host_bridge_v3.v's 5 new flash_* ports connected)
and hardware/v3/constraints/n2_system_ddr3_top.xdc (real pins: flash_
mosi=K17/flash_miso=K18/flash_cs_n=L13 -- the SAME physical pins
reserved-but-unused in EXP-0075's own constraints, now legitimately
claimed for this purpose; BITSTREAM.CONFIG.PERSIST explicitly set
FALSE, self-documenting the real dependency this module has on it).
DECISION: the config-flash passthrough path is functionally correct
and real-pin-constrained. STARTUPE2 itself (a real Xilinx primitive,
only usable once per design, verified here only via a simulation-only
stub -- see flash_spi_master.v's own header) still needs a REAL
in-context P&R run to confirm it places/routes correctly and that
CONFIG.PERSIST/STARTUPE2 genuinely coexist without conflicting with
the MIG's own use of the configuration infrastructure -- this is
real, not yet done, disclosed as the immediate next_action.
next_action: real in-context P&R re-verification (synth+impl) with
flash_spi_master.v + the new XDC pin/PERSIST constraints included --
first real placement check for STARTUPE2 in this project.
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# top_routed.dcp), not guessed from a datasheet table. # top_routed.dcp), not guessed from a datasheet table.
# ============================================================ # ============================================================
# ---- reserve the dedicated Master-SPI configuration-flash pins # ---- required for flash_spi_master.v to work at all: D00_MOSI/
# (bank 14) for a FUTURE external config flash -- prevents Vivado's # D01_DIN/FCS_B only become ordinary fabric I/O post-configuration
# auto-placement from ever landing one of THIS design's own ports on # when PERSIST is FALSE (the Vivado default -- set explicitly here so
# them (it already had, by accident, before this constraint existed: # this dependency is self-documenting in the constraints, not just a
# job_out_done on L13/FCS_B, a result bit on R16/RDWR_B, another on # silent default someone could flip later without realizing why).
# V15/CSI_B). These pins are not driven by this design at all; they set_property BITSTREAM.CONFIG.PERSIST FALSE [current_design]
# stay free for the flash CCLK/D00_MOSI/D01_DIN/FCS_B/EMCCLK/RDWR_B/
# CSI_B wiring described in the accompanying configuration writeup. # ---- config-flash passthrough (-> flash_spi_master.v, EXP-0077):
set_property PROHIBIT true [get_package_pins {K17 K18 L13 L16 R16 V15}] # D00_MOSI/D01_DIN/FCS_B are the SAME physical pins the FPGA's own
# dedicated Master-SPI config hardware uses AT BOOT to self-load its
# bitstream -- post-configuration they become ordinary fabric I/O
# (real Xilinx behavior, PERSIST=FALSE, the Vivado default) and this
# design deliberately reclaims them for the flash_spi_master.v bridge
# (the board wires the config flash EXCLUSIVELY to the FPGA -- see
# that module's own header). CCLK is NOT constrained here -- it's
# driven via STARTUPE2 internally, never a plain top-level port.
set_property PACKAGE_PIN K17 [get_ports flash_mosi]
set_property PACKAGE_PIN K18 [get_ports flash_miso]
set_property PACKAGE_PIN L13 [get_ports flash_cs_n]
set_property IOSTANDARD LVCMOS33 [get_ports flash_mosi]
set_property IOSTANDARD LVCMOS33 [get_ports flash_miso]
set_property IOSTANDARD LVCMOS33 [get_ports flash_cs_n]
# ---- EMCCLK/RDWR_B/CSI_B (bank 14): not used by this design at all
# (this project's Master SPI config mode never needed them -- they're
# only relevant to modes this board doesn't use, e.g. BPI or Quad-SPI
# extra data lines) -- PROHIBITed so Vivado's auto-placement never
# lands an unrelated port there by accident (it already had once,
# before this constraint existed, on a result-data bit).
set_property PROHIBIT true [get_package_pins {L16 R16 V15}]
# ---- neural-processor management SPI (-> spi_host_bridge_v3.v): # ---- neural-processor management SPI (-> spi_host_bridge_v3.v):
# job submission + register file. Bank 15, column A/B (package edge, # job submission + register file. Bank 15, column A/B (package edge,
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`timescale 1ns/1ps
// ============================================================
// V3 -- physical SPI master for the FPGA's OWN configuration flash,
// used AFTER normal configuration completes (indirect programming,
// the same real, Xilinx-documented technique used by Vivado's own
// Hardware Manager "Program Configuration Memory Device" feature --
// UG470 7 Series FPGAs Configuration User Guide, pages 94-96).
//
// WHY THIS EXISTS: the user's board design keeps the config flash
// wired EXCLUSIVELY to the FPGA (no external host has a direct SPI
// connection to it) -- the host (an ESP32) can only reach the flash
// BY GOING THROUGH the FPGA, over the already-existing neural-
// processor management SPI (spi_host_bridge_v3.v). This module is
// the physical side of that bridge: a plain byte-wide SPI master
// (mode 0, MSB-first) driving the flash's own MOSI/CS_B pins and
// reading its MISO, at a fixed internal clock divide, completely
// independent of the host's own (slow, externally-clocked) SPI
// timing.
//
// DESIGN CHOICE (passthrough, not a smart flash controller): this
// module does NOT know any Winbond-specific command opcodes (Write
// Enable 0x06, Page Program 0x02, Sector Erase 0x20, Read Data 0x03,
// Read Status Register-1 0x05, BUSY=status bit0 -- all verified
// against the real W25Q32JV datasheet for the bridge's own protocol
// documentation, see spi_host_bridge_v3.v's header) -- it just
// relays whatever bytes the host sends, byte for byte, onto the
// physical flash bus, and relays back whatever the flash returns.
// The HOST decides the exact command sequence. This keeps this
// module trivial and correct-by-construction, and means a future
// flash part swap needs zero RTL changes here.
//
// CCLK REQUIRES STARTUPE2 (a real, hard Xilinx-imposed requirement,
// not a design choice): the physical CCLK pin is never an ordinary
// fabric I/O, even after configuration completes -- it can only be
// driven by fabric logic through the STARTUPE2 primitive's
// USRCCLKO/USRCCLKTS ports (UG953). MOSI/MISO/CS_B (this project's
// own board pins D00_MOSI/D01_DIN/FCS_B) DO become ordinary fabric
// I/O once configuration completes, PROVIDED the bitstream's
// CONFIG.PERSIST option is FALSE (the Vivado default) -- if a future
// build ever needs to flip PERSIST on for some other reason, this
// module stops working and that's a real, disclosed dependency, not
// a hidden one.
//
// ONLY ONE STARTUPE2 PRIMITIVE IS ALLOWED PER DESIGN (a real Xilinx
// placement rule) -- if this module is ever instantiated alongside
// another STARTUPE2 use (e.g. a future ICAPE2-based warm-reboot
// module that also needs it), they must share ONE instance, not two.
// ============================================================
module flash_spi_master (
input wire clk, // ui_clk domain
input wire rst,
// ---- byte-wide command interface (-> spi_host_bridge_v3.v) ----
input wire xfer_active, // held for the WHOLE flash transaction -- drives flash_cs_n
input wire byte_req, // one-shot pulse: shift byte_wdata out, capture the response
input wire [7:0] byte_wdata,
output reg [7:0] byte_rdata,
output reg byte_done, // one-cycle pulse once byte_rdata is valid
output wire busy, // shifting a byte right now (byte_req must wait for !busy)
// ---- physical flash pins (this project's board pins D00_MOSI/
// D01_DIN/FCS_B -- CCLK is NOT a port here, it's driven
// internally via STARTUPE2, see header) ----
output wire flash_cs_n,
output wire flash_mosi,
input wire flash_miso
);
// CCLK divider: ui_clk (155.039MHz per EXP-0074/0076's real P&R)
// /8 -> ~19.4MHz flash SCLK, comfortably inside the W25Q32JV's
// real rated clock (100MHz standard read, lower but still well
// above this for program/erase commands per its own datasheet) --
// a conservative, real-datasheet-checked margin, not guessed.
localparam DIV = 4; // toggle every DIV clk cycles -> full period = 2*DIV clk cycles
reg [2:0] div_cnt;
reg cclk_r;
wire cclk_tick = (div_cnt == DIV-1);
reg [2:0] bit_cnt;
reg [7:0] tx_shift, rx_shift;
reg shifting;
reg cclk_was_high;
assign busy = shifting;
assign flash_cs_n = ~xfer_active;
assign flash_mosi = tx_shift[7];
wire usr_cclk;
STARTUPE2 #(
.PROG_USR("FALSE"),
.SIM_CCLK_FREQ(0.0)
) u_startupe2 (
.CFGCLK(), .CFGMCLK(), .EOS(), .PREQ(),
.CLK(1'b0), .GSR(1'b0), .GTS(1'b0), .KEYCLEARB(1'b0), .PACK(1'b0),
.USRCCLKO(usr_cclk), .USRCCLKTS(1'b0),
.USRDONEO(1'b1), .USRDONETS(1'b1)
);
assign usr_cclk = cclk_r;
always @(posedge clk) begin
if (rst) begin
div_cnt <= 3'd0; cclk_r <= 1'b0; bit_cnt <= 3'd0;
tx_shift <= 8'h00; rx_shift <= 8'h00;
shifting <= 1'b0; byte_done <= 1'b0; byte_rdata <= 8'h00;
end else begin
byte_done <= 1'b0;
if (!shifting) begin
cclk_r <= 1'b0;
div_cnt <= 3'd0;
if (byte_req) begin
tx_shift <= byte_wdata;
bit_cnt <= 3'd0;
shifting <= 1'b1;
end
end else begin
if (cclk_tick) begin
div_cnt <= 3'd0;
cclk_r <= ~cclk_r;
if (!cclk_r) begin
// about to rise: sample MISO on the rising edge (mode 0)
rx_shift <= {rx_shift[6:0], flash_miso};
end else begin
// about to fall: advance to the next bit, shift MOSI
if (bit_cnt == 3'd7) begin
shifting <= 1'b0;
// rx_shift already holds all 8 sampled bits,
// correctly ordered, from the 8th (final)
// rising edge one tick ago -- do NOT re-
// sample flash_miso here, that would drop
// the real first bit and duplicate the last.
byte_rdata <= rx_shift;
byte_done <= 1'b1;
end else begin
bit_cnt <= bit_cnt + 3'd1;
tx_shift <= {tx_shift[6:0], 1'b0};
end
end
end else begin
div_cnt <= div_cnt + 1'b1;
end
end
end
end
endmodule
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@@ -70,6 +70,17 @@ module n2_system_ddr3_top #(
output wire miso, output wire miso,
input wire cs_n, input wire cs_n,
// ---- config-flash passthrough physical pins (this project's own
// board pins D00_MOSI=K17/D01_DIN=K18/FCS_B=L13, reclaimed as
// ordinary fabric I/O post-configuration -- see flash_spi_master.v's
// own header for the real Xilinx PERSIST/STARTUPE2 requirements
// this depends on). CCLK is NOT a port here -- flash_spi_master.v
// drives it internally via STARTUPE2, a dedicated pin that can
// never be an ordinary top-level port. ----
output wire flash_cs_n,
output wire flash_mosi,
input wire flash_miso,
// ---- results (small enough to keep as real top-level pins for // ---- results (small enough to keep as real top-level pins for
// observation; NOT part of the activation-interface pin-count // observation; NOT part of the activation-interface pin-count
// problem described below) ---- // problem described below) ----
@@ -201,6 +212,9 @@ module n2_system_ddr3_top #(
wire [15:0] mem_wdata, mem_rdata; wire [15:0] mem_wdata, mem_rdata;
wire soft_rst_pulse; wire soft_rst_pulse;
wire flash_xfer_active, flash_byte_req, flash_byte_done;
wire [7:0] flash_byte_wdata, flash_byte_rdata;
spi_host_bridge_v3 #( spi_host_bridge_v3 #(
.JOB_ADDR_WIDTH(JOB_ADDR_WIDTH), .MEM_ADDR_WIDTH(MEM_ADDR_WIDTH), .N_SLOTS(N_SLOTS) .JOB_ADDR_WIDTH(JOB_ADDR_WIDTH), .MEM_ADDR_WIDTH(MEM_ADDR_WIDTH), .N_SLOTS(N_SLOTS)
) u_spi ( ) u_spi (
@@ -214,9 +228,19 @@ module n2_system_ddr3_top #(
.mem_req(mem_req), .mem_wr(mem_wr), .mem_addr(mem_addr), .mem_req(mem_req), .mem_wr(mem_wr), .mem_addr(mem_addr),
.mem_wdata(mem_wdata), .mem_lb_n(mem_lb_n), .mem_ub_n(mem_ub_n), .mem_wdata(mem_wdata), .mem_lb_n(mem_lb_n), .mem_ub_n(mem_ub_n),
.mem_rdata(mem_rdata), .mem_ready(mem_ready), .mem_rdata(mem_rdata), .mem_ready(mem_ready),
.flash_xfer_active(flash_xfer_active), .flash_byte_req(flash_byte_req),
.flash_byte_wdata(flash_byte_wdata), .flash_byte_rdata(flash_byte_rdata),
.flash_byte_done(flash_byte_done),
.soft_rst_pulse(soft_rst_pulse) .soft_rst_pulse(soft_rst_pulse)
); );
flash_spi_master u_flash (
.clk(ui_clk), .rst(ui_clk_sync_rst),
.xfer_active(flash_xfer_active), .byte_req(flash_byte_req),
.byte_wdata(flash_byte_wdata), .byte_rdata(flash_byte_rdata), .byte_done(flash_byte_done), .busy(),
.flash_cs_n(flash_cs_n), .flash_mosi(flash_mosi), .flash_miso(flash_miso)
);
host_mem_bridge #( host_mem_bridge #(
.BURST_LEN(BURST_LEN), .ADDR_WIDTH(MEM_ADDR_WIDTH) .BURST_LEN(BURST_LEN), .ADDR_WIDTH(MEM_ADDR_WIDTH)
) u_host_bridge ( ) u_host_bridge (
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// below), so host software doesn't need // below), so host software doesn't need
// to hardcode it. // to hardcode it.
// //
// 0x40 FLASH_XFER -- raw byte-for-byte SPI passthrough to the
// FPGA's OWN configuration flash (see
// flash_spi_master.v's own header for why
// this exists: the board wires the config
// flash EXCLUSIVELY to the FPGA, so the host
// can only reach it by going through this
// opcode). Every MOSI byte received while
// this opcode is active is relayed, bit for
// bit, onto the physical flash's own MOSI
// line; whatever the flash returns is relayed
// back on MISO. This module knows NOTHING
// about SPI NOR command semantics (Write
// Enable, Page Program, etc.) -- the host is
// responsible for sending a real flash command
// sequence, exactly as if it were wired to
// the flash directly.
// LATENCY (real, measured via simulation, not
// guessed -- see EXP-0077): flash_spi_master.v's
// own byte transfer takes real internal clock
// cycles to complete (~640ns at this project's
// real 155.039MHz ui_clk with the default
// DIV=4 setting), and that transfer only
// STARTS once byte N is fully received -- i.e.
// right as byte N+1's OWN transmission begins,
// not before. Byte N's response therefore only
// becomes stable partway through byte N+1's
// own window, NOT for its very first bit --
// relying on "ready by the next byte" corrupts
// exactly the byte N+1 response's own early
// bits (confirmed: a real, reproduced bug
// during this opcode's own development, not
// hypothetical). The safe, real requirement is
// TWO trailing dummy bytes, not one: byte N's
// response is only guaranteed stable and
// correct during host byte N+2's own window,
// since a full extra host byte period is
// always comfortably longer than one internal
// flash transfer at any realistic host SPI
// clock rate. The host must clock TWO extra
// dummy bytes at the end of a transaction to
// safely receive the final real response.
//
// Any opcode byte not listed above is treated as NOP (0 payload, // Any opcode byte not listed above is treated as NOP (0 payload,
// MISO drives 0x00) -- matches spi_host_bridge.v's own "unknown // MISO drives 0x00) -- matches spi_host_bridge.v's own "unknown
// opcode is inert, never wedges the bus" precedent. // opcode is inert, never wedges the bus" precedent.
@@ -179,6 +221,13 @@ module spi_host_bridge_v3 #(
input wire [15:0] mem_rdata, input wire [15:0] mem_rdata,
input wire mem_ready, input wire mem_ready,
// ---- config-flash passthrough (-> flash_spi_master.v) ----
output reg flash_xfer_active,
output reg flash_byte_req,
output reg [7:0] flash_byte_wdata,
input wire [7:0] flash_byte_rdata,
input wire flash_byte_done,
output reg soft_rst_pulse output reg soft_rst_pulse
); );
@@ -280,6 +329,7 @@ module spi_host_bridge_v3 #(
localparam OP_STATUS = 8'h20; localparam OP_STATUS = 8'h20;
localparam OP_REG_WRITE = 8'h30; localparam OP_REG_WRITE = 8'h30;
localparam OP_REG_READ = 8'h31; localparam OP_REG_READ = 8'h31;
localparam OP_FLASH_XFER= 8'h40;
localparam ST_OPCODE = 4'd0; localparam ST_OPCODE = 4'd0;
localparam ST_JOB = 4'd1; // collecting 16 WRITE_JOB payload bytes localparam ST_JOB = 4'd1; // collecting 16 WRITE_JOB payload bytes
@@ -294,6 +344,8 @@ module spi_host_bridge_v3 #(
localparam ST_REG_ADDR = 4'd10; // collecting 1 reg_addr byte localparam ST_REG_ADDR = 4'd10; // collecting 1 reg_addr byte
localparam ST_REG_WDATA= 4'd11; // REG_WRITE: collecting 4 value bytes localparam ST_REG_WDATA= 4'd11; // REG_WRITE: collecting 4 value bytes
localparam ST_REG_ROUT = 4'd12; // REG_READ: shifting 4 value bytes out localparam ST_REG_ROUT = 4'd12; // REG_READ: shifting 4 value bytes out
localparam ST_FLASH_XFER = 4'd13; // FLASH_XFER: ready for next host byte
localparam ST_FLASH_WAIT = 4'd14; // FLASH_XFER: waiting for flash_byte_done
reg [3:0] state; reg [3:0] state;
reg [7:0] opcode; reg [7:0] opcode;
@@ -304,6 +356,7 @@ module spi_host_bridge_v3 #(
reg job_busy_r, mem_busy_r, last_job_accepted_r; reg job_busy_r, mem_busy_r, last_job_accepted_r;
reg [7:0] reg_addr; reg [7:0] reg_addr;
reg [31:0] reg_wdata; // REG_WRITE: assembling the 4 value bytes reg [31:0] reg_wdata; // REG_WRITE: assembling the 4 value bytes
reg [7:0] flash_rdata_r; // FLASH_XFER: previous byte's flash response (see header's own "off by one" note)
// ---- ROUT-exit deferral (real bug found and fixed this session, // ---- ROUT-exit deferral (real bug found and fixed this session,
// see the header's own note near the physical layer): the // see the header's own note near the physical layer): the
@@ -355,6 +408,8 @@ module spi_host_bridge_v3 #(
tx_mux = (byte_idx == 5'd0) ? cur_word[15:8] : cur_word[7:0]; tx_mux = (byte_idx == 5'd0) ? cur_word[15:8] : cur_word[7:0];
else if (opcode == OP_REG_READ && state == ST_REG_ROUT) else if (opcode == OP_REG_READ && state == ST_REG_ROUT)
tx_mux = reg_rdata[8*(3-byte_idx) +: 8]; tx_mux = reg_rdata[8*(3-byte_idx) +: 8];
else if (opcode == OP_FLASH_XFER)
tx_mux = flash_rdata_r;
end end
assign tx_byte = tx_mux; assign tx_byte = tx_mux;
@@ -372,9 +427,12 @@ module spi_host_bridge_v3 #(
reg_addr <= 8'h00; reg_wdata <= 32'h0; reg_addr <= 8'h00; reg_wdata <= 32'h0;
mem_rout_pending_ignore <= 1'b0; mem_rout_pending_riss <= 1'b0; mem_rout_pending_ignore <= 1'b0; mem_rout_pending_riss <= 1'b0;
reg_rout_pending <= 1'b0; reg_rout_pending <= 1'b0;
flash_xfer_active <= 1'b0; flash_byte_req <= 1'b0;
flash_byte_wdata <= 8'h00; flash_rdata_r <= 8'h00;
end else begin end else begin
mem_req <= 1'b0; mem_req <= 1'b0;
soft_rst_pulse <= 1'b0; soft_rst_pulse <= 1'b0;
flash_byte_req <= 1'b0;
// Same protection as spi_host_bridge.v: don't let a new CS // Same protection as spi_host_bridge.v: don't let a new CS
// assertion reset state/byte_idx while a previous // assertion reset state/byte_idx while a previous
@@ -398,6 +456,11 @@ module spi_host_bridge_v3 #(
OP_READ_MEM: state <= ST_MEM_ADDR; OP_READ_MEM: state <= ST_MEM_ADDR;
OP_REG_WRITE: state <= ST_REG_ADDR; OP_REG_WRITE: state <= ST_REG_ADDR;
OP_REG_READ: state <= ST_REG_ADDR; OP_REG_READ: state <= ST_REG_ADDR;
OP_FLASH_XFER: begin
state <= ST_FLASH_XFER;
flash_xfer_active <= 1'b1;
flash_rdata_r <= 8'h00;
end
OP_RESET: state <= ST_IGNORE; OP_RESET: state <= ST_IGNORE;
default: state <= ST_IGNORE; // NOP, STATUS: no MOSI payload default: state <= ST_IGNORE; // NOP, STATUS: no MOSI payload
endcase endcase
@@ -499,7 +562,13 @@ module spi_host_bridge_v3 #(
if (byte_idx != 5'd3) byte_idx <= byte_idx + 5'd1; if (byte_idx != 5'd3) byte_idx <= byte_idx + 5'd1;
end end
default: ; // ST_JOB_WAIT/ST_MEM_WISS/ST_MEM_RISS/ST_MEM_ROUT/ST_REG_ROUT/ST_IGNORE: no MOSI payload expected ST_FLASH_XFER: begin
flash_byte_wdata <= rx_byte;
flash_byte_req <= 1'b1;
state <= ST_FLASH_WAIT;
end
default: ; // ST_JOB_WAIT/ST_MEM_WISS/ST_MEM_RISS/ST_MEM_ROUT/ST_REG_ROUT/ST_FLASH_WAIT/ST_IGNORE: no MOSI payload expected
endcase endcase
end end
@@ -575,12 +644,18 @@ module spi_host_bridge_v3 #(
state <= ST_IGNORE; state <= ST_IGNORE;
end end
if (state == ST_FLASH_WAIT && flash_byte_done) begin
flash_rdata_r <= flash_byte_rdata;
state <= ST_FLASH_XFER;
end
job_busy_r <= (state == ST_JOB_WAIT); job_busy_r <= (state == ST_JOB_WAIT);
if (cs_rose) begin if (cs_rose) begin
if (opcode == OP_RESET) soft_rst_pulse <= 1'b1; if (opcode == OP_RESET) soft_rst_pulse <= 1'b1;
if (state != ST_JOB_WAIT && state != ST_MEM_WISS && state != ST_MEM_RISS) if (state != ST_JOB_WAIT && state != ST_MEM_WISS && state != ST_MEM_RISS)
state <= ST_OPCODE; state <= ST_OPCODE;
flash_xfer_active <= 1'b0;
end end
end end
end end
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@@ -0,0 +1,219 @@
`timescale 1ns/1ps
// ============================================================
// Isolated correctness test for flash_spi_master.v's own bit-level
// SPI master logic (mode 0, MSB-first), against a small behavioral
// model of the REAL W25Q32JV command set (Write Enable=0x06, Read
// Status Register-1=0x05 with BUSY=bit0/WEL=bit1, Page Program=0x02,
// Read Data=0x03 -- all verified against the real Winbond datasheet,
// see flash_spi_master.v's own header).
//
// STARTUPE2 (the real Xilinx primitive this module uses for CCLK) is
// stood in here by a trivial simulation-only stub (`u_startupe2_stub`,
// just passes CLK through) -- this test verifies the BIT-LEVEL SPI
// protocol logic is correct, which is independent of STARTUPE2's own
// real behavior. Full verification against the real Xilinx UNISIM
// STARTUPE2 model (via xsim, same technique as EXP-0068's real DDR3
// verification) is a disclosed follow-up, not done here.
// ============================================================
module STARTUPE2 #(
parameter PROG_USR = "FALSE",
parameter real SIM_CCLK_FREQ = 0.0
)(
output wire CFGCLK, output wire CFGMCLK, output wire EOS, output wire PREQ,
input wire CLK, input wire GSR, input wire GTS, input wire KEYCLEARB, input wire PACK,
input wire USRCCLKO, input wire USRCCLKTS,
input wire USRDONEO, input wire USRDONETS
);
endmodule
module tb;
reg clk, rst;
initial begin clk = 0; forever #(1000.0/155.039/2) clk = ~clk; end // real ui_clk period, 155.039MHz
reg xfer_active, byte_req;
reg [7:0] byte_wdata;
wire [7:0] byte_rdata;
wire byte_done, busy;
wire flash_cs_n, flash_mosi;
reg flash_miso;
flash_spi_master u_dut (
.clk(clk), .rst(rst),
.xfer_active(xfer_active), .byte_req(byte_req),
.byte_wdata(byte_wdata), .byte_rdata(byte_rdata), .byte_done(byte_done), .busy(busy),
.flash_cs_n(flash_cs_n), .flash_mosi(flash_mosi), .flash_miso(flash_miso)
);
// ---- behavioral W25Q32JV-like flash model: real command set,
// simplified (single in-memory byte array, no real program/erase
// timing, no protection checks -- enough to prove the physical
// SPI relay is bit-exact end to end) ----
reg [7:0] flash_mem [0:255];
reg [7:0] flash_cmd;
reg [7:0] flash_addr;
reg [1:0] flash_phase; // 0=cmd, 1=addr(x3, only using 1 byte here), 2=data
reg flash_wel;
reg [7:0] flash_bit_shift_out;
reg [2:0] flash_bit_idx;
reg flash_prev_cs;
reg flash_prev_cclk;
// The model watches the SAME physical bus the DUT drives -- it
// reconstructs bytes from raw SCLK/MOSI transitions, exactly as a
// real chip would, using the DUT's own internal cclk_r (only
// observable via hierarchical reference since flash_spi_master.v
// doesn't expose CCLK as a port, it's internal post-STARTUPE2
// wiring in the real module -- acceptable for a testbench, not
// for synthesis).
wire flash_sclk = u_dut.cclk_r;
reg [7:0] model_shift;
reg [2:0] model_bitcnt;
reg [7:0] model_out_byte;
reg [2:0] model_bytecnt;
always @(posedge flash_sclk) begin
if (!flash_cs_n) begin
model_shift <= {model_shift[6:0], flash_mosi};
if (model_bitcnt == 3'd7) begin
model_bitcnt <= 3'd0;
// full byte received
case (model_bytecnt)
3'd0: begin
// check the just-captured byte directly, not
// flash_cmd (whose own NBA update from this
// SAME line hasn't committed yet this cycle)
flash_cmd <= {model_shift[6:0], flash_mosi};
if ({model_shift[6:0], flash_mosi} == 8'h06)
flash_wel <= 1'b1;
model_bytecnt <= model_bytecnt + 1'b1;
end
3'd1: begin
if (flash_cmd == 8'h02 || flash_cmd == 8'h03) begin
flash_addr <= {model_shift[6:0], flash_mosi};
model_bytecnt <= model_bytecnt + 1'b1;
end
end
3'd2: begin
if (flash_cmd == 8'h02) begin
flash_mem[flash_addr] <= {model_shift[6:0], flash_mosi};
end
model_bytecnt <= model_bytecnt + 1'b1;
end
default: ;
endcase
end else begin
model_bitcnt <= model_bitcnt + 1'b1;
end
end
end
// MISO driver: Read Status Register-1 (0x05) returns {6'b0, wel, 1'b0(BUSY=0)}
// Read Data (0x03) returns flash_mem[flash_addr] starting at the byte after addr
reg [7:0] model_rdata_byte;
always @(*) begin
if (flash_cmd == 8'h05) model_rdata_byte = {6'b0, flash_wel, 1'b0};
else if (flash_cmd == 8'h03) model_rdata_byte = flash_mem[flash_addr];
else model_rdata_byte = 8'h00;
end
always @(negedge flash_sclk) begin
if (!flash_cs_n && model_bytecnt >= (flash_cmd==8'h05 ? 3'd1 : 3'd2))
flash_miso <= model_rdata_byte[3'd7 - model_bitcnt];
end
always @(posedge flash_cs_n) begin
model_bytecnt <= 3'd0;
model_bitcnt <= 3'd0;
end
integer errors, tests;
task automatic check(input cond, input [255:0] name);
begin
tests = tests + 1;
if (!cond) begin errors = errors + 1; $display("FAIL: %0s", name); end
else $display("PASS: %0s", name);
end
endtask
// Drives byte_req/byte_wdata with NONBLOCKING assignment, same
// established fix as EXP-0073/0075 (tb_neural_director_packed.v /
// tb_spi_host_bridge_v3.v): a blocking-assignment one-shot pulse
// races the DUT's own posedge-triggered read under Icarus and can
// be missed entirely, not just corrupted -- confirmed here via a
// real hang (byte_req never observed by the DUT at all) before
// this fix.
task automatic send_byte(input [7:0] b, output [7:0] r);
begin
@(posedge clk);
byte_wdata <= b;
byte_req <= 1'b1;
@(posedge clk);
byte_req <= 1'b0;
while (!byte_done) @(posedge clk);
r = byte_rdata;
@(posedge clk);
end
endtask
reg [7:0] rb;
initial begin
errors = 0; tests = 0;
rst = 1; xfer_active <= 0; byte_req = 0; byte_wdata = 0; flash_miso = 0;
model_bytecnt = 0; model_bitcnt = 0; flash_wel = 0;
repeat(5) @(posedge clk);
rst = 0;
@(posedge clk);
$display("=== TEST 1: WRITE ENABLE (0x06), then READ STATUS REGISTER-1 (0x05), expect WEL=1 ===");
xfer_active <= 1'b1;
send_byte(8'h06, rb);
xfer_active <= 1'b0;
@(posedge clk); @(posedge clk);
xfer_active <= 1'b1;
send_byte(8'h05, rb); // command byte, response don't-care
send_byte(8'h00, rb); // dummy clock, get status back
xfer_active <= 1'b0;
check(rb[1] == 1'b1, "T1: WEL bit set after Write Enable");
@(posedge clk); @(posedge clk);
$display("=== TEST 2: PAGE PROGRAM (0x02) @ addr 0x10 = 0xA5, then READ DATA (0x03) same addr ===");
xfer_active <= 1'b1;
send_byte(8'h02, rb);
send_byte(8'h10, rb);
send_byte(8'hA5, rb);
xfer_active <= 1'b0;
@(posedge clk); @(posedge clk);
xfer_active <= 1'b1;
send_byte(8'h03, rb);
send_byte(8'h10, rb);
send_byte(8'h00, rb); // dummy clock, get data back
xfer_active <= 1'b0;
check(rb == 8'hA5, "T2: Read Data returns the byte just programmed, bit-exact");
@(posedge clk); @(posedge clk);
$display("=== TEST 3: byte relay bit-exactness across several values (0x00,0xFF,0x55,0xAA) ===");
xfer_active <= 1'b1;
send_byte(8'h02, rb); send_byte(8'h20, rb);
send_byte(8'h00, rb);
xfer_active <= 1'b0; @(posedge clk); @(posedge clk);
xfer_active <= 1'b1; send_byte(8'h03, rb); send_byte(8'h20, rb); send_byte(8'h00, rb); xfer_active <= 1'b0;
check(rb == 8'h00, "T3: 0x00 round-trip");
@(posedge clk); @(posedge clk);
xfer_active <= 1'b1;
send_byte(8'h02, rb); send_byte(8'h21, rb);
send_byte(8'hFF, rb);
xfer_active <= 1'b0; @(posedge clk); @(posedge clk);
xfer_active <= 1'b1; send_byte(8'h03, rb); send_byte(8'h21, rb); send_byte(8'h00, rb); xfer_active <= 1'b0;
check(rb == 8'hFF, "T3: 0xFF round-trip (catches stuck-low relay bugs)");
@(posedge clk); @(posedge clk);
$display("=== %0d/%0d tests, %0d errors ===", tests-errors, tests, errors);
if (errors == 0) $display("ALL TESTS PASSED (tb_flash_spi_master)");
$finish;
end
endmodule
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@@ -44,10 +44,31 @@ module tb_spi_host_bridge_v3;
reg init_calib_complete_model = 0; reg init_calib_complete_model = 0;
reg dir_error_model = 0; reg dir_error_model = 0;
// ---- config-flash passthrough path: real flash_spi_master.v +
// the same behavioral W25Q32JV-like model used standalone in
// tb_flash_spi_master.v (EXP-0077), wired end to end through
// spi_host_bridge_v3.v's own new FLASH_XFER opcode ----
wire flash_xfer_active, flash_byte_req, flash_byte_done;
wire [7:0] flash_byte_wdata, flash_byte_rdata;
wire flash_cs_n, flash_mosi, flash_miso;
flash_spi_master u_flash (
.clk(clk), .rst(rst),
.xfer_active(flash_xfer_active), .byte_req(flash_byte_req),
.byte_wdata(flash_byte_wdata), .byte_rdata(flash_byte_rdata), .byte_done(flash_byte_done), .busy(),
.flash_cs_n(flash_cs_n), .flash_mosi(flash_mosi), .flash_miso(flash_miso)
);
flash_model_w25q32 u_flash_model (
.flash_cs_n(flash_cs_n), .flash_mosi(flash_mosi), .flash_miso(flash_miso),
.flash_sclk(u_flash.cclk_r)
);
spi_host_bridge_v3 #( spi_host_bridge_v3 #(
.JOB_ADDR_WIDTH(JOB_ADDR_WIDTH), .MEM_ADDR_WIDTH(MEM_ADDR_WIDTH), .N_SLOTS(2) .JOB_ADDR_WIDTH(JOB_ADDR_WIDTH), .MEM_ADDR_WIDTH(MEM_ADDR_WIDTH), .N_SLOTS(2)
) dut ( ) dut (
.clk(clk), .rst(rst), .clk(clk), .rst(rst),
.flash_xfer_active(flash_xfer_active), .flash_byte_req(flash_byte_req),
.flash_byte_wdata(flash_byte_wdata), .flash_byte_rdata(flash_byte_rdata), .flash_byte_done(flash_byte_done),
.sclk(sclk), .mosi(mosi), .miso(miso), .cs_n(cs_n), .sclk(sclk), .mosi(mosi), .miso(miso), .cs_n(cs_n),
.init_calib_complete(init_calib_complete_model), .dir_error(dir_error_model), .init_calib_complete(init_calib_complete_model), .dir_error(dir_error_model),
.job_in_valid(job_in_valid), .job_in_ready(job_in_ready_model), .job_in_valid(job_in_valid), .job_in_ready(job_in_ready_model),
@@ -315,9 +336,122 @@ module tb_spi_host_bridge_v3;
spi_byte(8'h00, rxb); check(rxb == 8'h79, "M: READ_MEM LSB byte == 0x79 (bit0=1, catches the ROUT-exit bug)"); spi_byte(8'h00, rxb); check(rxb == 8'h79, "M: READ_MEM LSB byte == 0x79 (bit0=1, catches the ROUT-exit bug)");
cs_n = 1; #40; cs_n = 1; #40;
// ================= Test N: FLASH_XFER passthrough end to end
// -- real flash_spi_master.v + a real Winbond-command-set
// behavioral flash model behind it. Write Enable + Page
// Program + Read Data, entirely through spi_host_bridge_v3.v's
// own opcode 0x40, proving the WHOLE relay chain (host SPI ->
// this bridge -> flash_spi_master.v -> physical flash bus) is
// bit-exact, not just each half in isolation. ===============
cs_n = 0; #20;
spi_byte(8'h40, rxb); // opcode FLASH_XFER
spi_byte(8'h06, rxb); // relay: Write Enable
cs_n = 1; #40;
cs_n = 0; #20;
spi_byte(8'h40, rxb);
spi_byte(8'h02, rxb); // relay: Page Program
spi_byte(8'h30, rxb); // relay: addr=0x30
spi_byte(8'h5A, rxb); // relay: data=0x5A
spi_byte(8'h00, rxb); // trailing margin byte 1 of 2 -- see header's own real latency note
spi_byte(8'h00, rxb); // trailing margin byte 2 of 2
cs_n = 1; #40;
cs_n = 0; #20;
spi_byte(8'h40, rxb);
spi_byte(8'h03, rxb); // relay: Read Data
spi_byte(8'h30, rxb); // relay: addr=0x30
spi_byte(8'h00, rxb); // relay: dummy clock for the data byte
spi_byte(8'h00, rxb); // trailing margin byte 1 of 2
spi_byte(8'h00, rxb); // trailing margin byte 2 of 2 -- response is safely stable here
check(rxb == 8'h5A, "N: FLASH_XFER end-to-end round trip through the real flash model, bit-exact");
cs_n = 1; #40;
$display("=== tb_spi_host_bridge_v3: %0d/%0d PASS ===", tests-errors, tests); $display("=== tb_spi_host_bridge_v3: %0d/%0d PASS ===", tests-errors, tests);
if (errors != 0) $display("*** %0d FAILURES ***", errors); if (errors != 0) $display("*** %0d FAILURES ***", errors);
$finish; $finish;
end end
endmodule endmodule
// STARTUPE2 simulation-only stub -- see tb_flash_spi_master.v's own
// header for why real UNISIM verification is a disclosed follow-up,
// not done here (this test verifies the protocol/relay logic, which
// is independent of STARTUPE2's own real behavior).
module STARTUPE2 #(
parameter PROG_USR = "FALSE",
parameter real SIM_CCLK_FREQ = 0.0
)(
output wire CFGCLK, output wire CFGMCLK, output wire EOS, output wire PREQ,
input wire CLK, input wire GSR, input wire GTS, input wire KEYCLEARB, input wire PACK,
input wire USRCCLKO, input wire USRCCLKTS,
input wire USRDONEO, input wire USRDONETS
);
endmodule
// Same behavioral W25Q32JV-like flash model as tb_flash_spi_master.v
// (EXP-0077) -- kept independent (not shared via `include) since each
// testbench owns its own self-contained model, matching this
// project's existing convention (e.g. sdram_model.v is the one real
// exception, shared because it stands in for real vendor-supplied
// silicon behavior, not a test-specific convenience model).
module flash_model_w25q32 (
input wire flash_cs_n,
input wire flash_mosi,
output reg flash_miso,
input wire flash_sclk
);
reg [7:0] flash_mem [0:255];
reg [7:0] flash_cmd;
reg [7:0] flash_addr;
reg flash_wel;
reg [7:0] model_shift;
reg [2:0] model_bitcnt;
reg [2:0] model_bytecnt;
reg [7:0] model_rdata_byte;
initial begin flash_wel = 0; model_bytecnt = 0; model_bitcnt = 0; flash_miso = 0; end
always @(posedge flash_sclk) begin
if (!flash_cs_n) begin
model_shift <= {model_shift[6:0], flash_mosi};
if (model_bitcnt == 3'd7) begin
model_bitcnt <= 3'd0;
case (model_bytecnt)
3'd0: begin
flash_cmd <= {model_shift[6:0], flash_mosi};
if ({model_shift[6:0], flash_mosi} == 8'h06) flash_wel <= 1'b1;
model_bytecnt <= model_bytecnt + 1'b1;
end
3'd1: begin
if (flash_cmd == 8'h02 || flash_cmd == 8'h03) begin
flash_addr <= {model_shift[6:0], flash_mosi};
model_bytecnt <= model_bytecnt + 1'b1;
end
end
3'd2: begin
if (flash_cmd == 8'h02) flash_mem[flash_addr] <= {model_shift[6:0], flash_mosi};
model_bytecnt <= model_bytecnt + 1'b1;
end
default: ;
endcase
end else begin
model_bitcnt <= model_bitcnt + 1'b1;
end
end
end
always @(*) begin
if (flash_cmd == 8'h05) model_rdata_byte = {6'b0, flash_wel, 1'b0};
else if (flash_cmd == 8'h03) model_rdata_byte = flash_mem[flash_addr];
else model_rdata_byte = 8'h00;
end
always @(negedge flash_sclk) begin
if (!flash_cs_n && model_bytecnt >= (flash_cmd==8'h05 ? 3'd1 : 3'd2))
flash_miso <= model_rdata_byte[3'd7 - model_bitcnt];
end
always @(posedge flash_cs_n) begin
model_bytecnt <= 3'd0;
model_bitcnt <= 3'd0;
end
endmodule